Expedition 39 crew members wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-12M rocket for launch.
201403260001hq (26 March 2014) — Expedition 39 Soyuz Commander Alexander Skvortsov of the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) at bottom, Flight Engineer Steve Swanson of NASA, middle, and Flight Engineer Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos wave farewell prior to boarding the Soyuz TMA-12M rocket for launch, March 26, 2014 (Kazakh time) at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Skvortsov, Swanson and Artemyev will spend the next six months aboard the International Space Station. Photo credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
